Removed the front brake calipers last weekend as the pads were dragging on the disc, making it hard to move around the garage.
The bike is not a year old, (2013 Burger 650), but the pad retaining pins have lost their shiny coating and the surface of the steel pin is showing some wear leading to the reluctance of the pads to move back from the brake disc.
Has anyone found a supply of stainless steel pins / done the conversion / have any suggestions?
Stu Brown
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Brake pad retaining pins
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
Had to replace worn pins before and there's a couple of good EBay sellers, though not sure they'd be an upgrade for you.
What I would say is the pins only hold the pads in alignment and any reluctance for pads to retract is ordinarily down to the pistons and seals, what state were they in?
What I would say is the pins only hold the pads in alignment and any reluctance for pads to retract is ordinarily down to the pistons and seals, what state were they in?
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
this is what i tend to do, and works fine for me, take out pins, wire brush them then give them a slight smear with bearing grease (as this is thick and wont budge) then they wont rust up as easypoldark wrote:Had to replace worn pins before and there's a couple of good EBay sellers, though not sure they'd be an upgrade for you.
What I would say is the pins only hold the pads in alignment and any reluctance for pads to retract is ordinarily down to the pistons and seals, what state were they in?
I cant seem to remember.. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
Thats exactly what I do michael.
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
I wire brushed the surface of the pins, smoothed off the ridges with a fine emery and applied a very light coating of ACF 50 to the pin / pad contact area.
Seems to have done the trick so far.
I wire brushed the surface of the pins, smoothed off the ridges with a fine emery and applied a very light coating of ACF 50 to the pin / pad contact area.
Seems to have done the trick so far.
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
Good stuff, although the ACF will certainly stop any corrosion it's not especially lubricating, a smear of lithium grease is probably a better bet.
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Re: Brake pad retaining pins
With movement the ACF won't last long grease is better.